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The Flying Matchmaker

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Director
  
Israel Becker

Language
  
Yiddish, Hebrew

6.8/10
IMDb

Duration
  

Country
  
Israel

The Flying Matchmaker movie poster

Writer
  
Israel Becker
,
Avraham Goldfaden
,
operetta

Release date
  
1966 (1966)

The Flying Matchmaker (also: Two Kuni Lemel, Shnei Kuni Leml or שני קוני למל) is a 1966 Israeli film musical directed by Israel Becker. The story is based on the 1880 Yiddish play Di tsvey Kuni-lemels by Abraham Goldfaden. The film was the first major success on screen for lead actor Mike Burstyn who has a double role as Kuni Leml and his cousin Max, and also casts his father Pesach Burstein in a small role. The film was selected as the Israeli entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 39th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.

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Plot

The local matchmaker (shadchan), Reb Kalman arranges a match for the daughter of a wealthy client, Reb Pinchas. The daughter is already romantically linked with her French teacher, Max. He arranges to show up in Kuni Lemel's place, disguised as Kuni Lemel, so he can marry Ganor. Confusion ensues as both Max and Kuni Lemel show up to court Ganor.

Cast

  • Mike Burstyn as Max / Kuni Leml
  • Raphael Klatchkin as Matchmaker
  • Germaine Unikovsky as Matchmaker's Daughter (as Jermain Unikovsky)
  • Shmuel Rodensky as Rebbe Pinchas
  • Elisheva Michaeli as Rebbe Pinchas' Wife
  • Rina Ganor as Rebbe Pinchas's Daughter
  • Aharon Meskin as Kuni Leml's Father
  • Ari Kutai as Max's Father

    • References

    The Flying Matchmaker Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA

    The Flying Matchmaker IMDb The Flying Matchmaker themoviedb.org